military dictatorship
Massive Demonstrations in Mali Against ECOWAS Strengthen Ruling Junta
Sanctions against Mali have, predictably, helped legitimize the ruling military. It cannot be ruled out that international pressure on the military is working. But this success could become a “Pyrrhic victory.”
Philippe Alcoy
January 16, 2022
On the 45th Anniversary of Argentina’s Last Military Dictatorship
45 years ago, a military coup backed by the CIA installed a military dictatorship in Argentina. Today, we remember the tens of thousands of workers, students, and activists who disappeared.
Jack Allen
March 24, 2021
September 11 in Chile: How Reformism Disarmed the Working Class in the Face of CIA-Backed Coup
50 years ago today, Chile's democratic socialist president Salvador Allende was toppled in a bloody coup. A military dictatorship, backed by U.S. imperialism, murdered thousands and introduced a crushing form of neoliberal economics. Allende's experience shows why reformism is doomed to failure.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 11, 2019
Brazilian Socialists Repudiate Bolsonaro’s Celebration of ‘64 Coup
On Sunday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered the celebration of Brazil’s 1964 coup, which established a military dictatorship. Below, we reprint a repudiation of this from Left Voice’s sister website in Brazil, Esquerda Diário.
Movimento Revolucionário de Trabalhadores
April 2, 2019
Bolsonaro Orders Celebration of 1964 Military Coup
The Brazilian President called the military to commemorate the anniversary of Brazil's 1964 coup.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 30, 2019
“There are only two alternatives — the dictatorship of the proletariat or the military dictatorship”: Letter from the Cordones Industriales to President Salvador Allende
We republish a letter sent by the Santiago regional Coordinating Committee of the Cordones Industriales to President Salvador Allende one week before the bloody military coup in Chile, 1973. The letter highlights the immediate danger of military dictatorship, and demands an end to the policy of reconciliation.
Left Voice
September 11, 2018
Argentina: Mass Protests Against Impunity for Genocidal Military
On Wednesday, 500,000 people took the steets in Buenos Aires to protest the “2x1” court decision that reduces prison sentences for genocidal military leaders.
Left Voice
May 13, 2017
Military Dictatorship: We Will Not Forgive, We Will Not Forget
After the Operation Condor Trial ruling, relatives of the detained and disappeared have started an international petition demanding due trial and punishment for the repressors.
Left Voice
April 6, 2017